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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Tomorrow my littlest love turns 9. Can any other Mum out there relate to the slightly-sad feeling of their youngest growing up?? I LOVE seeing my boys grow and develop, and feel enormously proud of the beautiful human beings they are, but I can't help but see that shortly my cuddly little man will not be too keen to cuddle his Mum. Hopefully that will be a passing phase! (Jack, 13, has come back around and, amazingly, even lets me kiss and cuddle him in public.)

My boys are working at the Royal Melbourne Show tonight, which has afforded me some crafting time. Just as well, because I have been totally under-prepared for Ethan's birthday tomorrow. I have made my boy a card using one of his favourite stamp sets, Pun Fun (have to love that rocket for boys, especially!). I was inspired by this card made by Sue Madex; love the look of stars punched out of cardstock, and adhered to the same coloured card. Here is the end result:

Despite the blurry photography, I hope you like it! I think my boy will be happy with it - mind you, he may not pay much attention to the card, since there's cake and presents to be enjoyed. May you all have as happy a Sunday as my boy is bound to have.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

I have had a very stressful few weeks, with trying to run our business while my husband was overseas, and taking on even more workload with our Office Manager leaving. I was temporarily relieved when Andrew returned, to lift some of the stress from my shoulders. However, this week he gave us all a scare when we found that he has two blood clots in his leg - Deep Vein Thrombosis, that was not something we seriously considered he'd have at his (middle!) age. This means he must rest at home (under the care of hospital nurses visiting daily to inject him with blood-thinning medication) for at least a week. I am almost crumbling under the load of what I need to bear, trying to keep our family life strong with all the business demands. Thank goodness for my craft room, is all I can say!

Despite feeling exhausted, last night I was determined to have a play with my new ribbon, that I got for free with the great September promotion offered by Stampin' Up! I have not been able to do anything creative lately, so I relished the opportunity to make some cards to showcase the ribbon that is available only this month. Be warned - I got busy!

Well, I think that's QUITE enough from me for today. I needed to make up for lost time! If you like these ribbons, remember they are available only as a special for September, free with any order of $100 or more of Stampin' Up! product. Please email me if you have any questions, or need these ribbons! Here's what the ribbon bundle looks like:

Aren't these colours nice and "spring-y"? Stampin' Up! has a FABULOUS promotion this month, which allows you to get the following ribbon bundle for FREE!

With every order of Stampin' Up! product to the value of $100 or more, you can receive TWO rolls of ribbon absolutely free! If you love ribbon as much as I do, this is enough to cause heart palpitations!!

These ribbons are not available to buy, and are on offer only for the month of September. The bundle comprises one roll (9.144m) of Certainly Celery 5/8" poly-twill ribbon, and one roll (9.144m) of So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon. The width of the ribbons is the same as the wider ribbon on my card above.

So Saffron co-ordinates with, and complements, so many colours and Designer Series Papers in our current Idea Book & Catalogue. It is a beautiful, soft yellow (not quite as bright as in the amateur photograph of my card!). Certainly Celery is, as you can see, also a lovely soft colour.

If you agree that these ribbons are "must-haves", please email me - I'd be happy to take your order!